 Financial |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 112 | 46 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.149 % | 0.047 % |
| As % of the category below | 73.20 % | 57.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 72 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £440 | £387 |
| Average daily rate | £461 | £416 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £483 | £445 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £385 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.97 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.12 | £26.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.84 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 153 | 80 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.204 % | 0.081 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 94 | 37 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £446 | £378 |
| Average daily rate | £468 | £408 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £490 | £438 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.73 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.82 | £24.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.91 | £24.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.78 | £27.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
